Hey, Penny Arcade did it to Jack Thompson, and look how that turned out!

[trinityvixen]

...except I don't want Palin to get fired from the McCain camp. I want her train wreck to cause his campaign to hemorrhage votes like whoa.

$800K raised for Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin's name.

ETA: Oh, and then there's the fact that she couldn't name a single SCOTUS case besides Roe v Wade. Bonus bitch-slapping to the first idiot who defends her by going "Hey, I don't know of any other cases either! That makes her one of us!" Yep, one of you morons.

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[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

There is one possible defense, but I haven't watched the clip so I don't know if it's plausible--she may have thought she was being asked for SC decisions that she disagreed with. On that question, very few people can go beyond 1--for right wingers, Roe; for lefties; Bush v. Gore. (and of those who can get to 1, they usually can't coherently explain why.) The fact that this defense isn't being marshalled by the campaign means it's probably not plausible.

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Correction--go beyond 1 that's still good law, if you interpret the question that way. Obviously Dred Scott and Plessy v. Ferguson should be easy answers if you allow overturned and repudiated cases; Lochner is less easy.

The day a politician answers that question with "Carolene Products", on the other hand...

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

Kelo ought to be up for somebody's grabs in that...

Tho' really, for most politicians it's like the "what's your favorite book" question; if you want to be elected, you've got to avoid giving any answer that'll make you seem too much smarter than the Mythical Common Person.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

That would be my guess. If there was any way to defend this, any reasonable campaign would be doing so, not least of all McCain's team.